they all kinda suck , i've been using followers for a little bit now and they all do really annoying things at the worst possible time , they are kinda nice to use as cannon fodder though , for me the best follower isn't even a follower ,Arniel's shade is great , he does his job and then poof he's gone till you summon him again

Housecarls(or in this case, Lydia) are very good warrior tank followers when equipped with 1h/shield build, however, the drawback of getting a follower as with most of them in the game is how they will be stuck among the level where you first found them at and housecarls max out at lv 50( you can fix them if nonessential with the Wabbajack or even by console). Although like Dan said- it all depends solely on your style of gameplay.

not unless your a console owner and have no idea how better the pc version is because you can mod the utter hell outa it

Hoth is a good character but he is NOTHING compared to Vilja

Vilja is fully voicedhas her own questscomments on your every actions - IE she doesnt approve if you join the thieves guildcan read books for yousing songsmake potionscarry stuff for u

Theres just to much to mention in all honesty

seriously people who think lydia is the best follower must be people who are console only owners or people who have no idea what mods are.

Vilja was the best follower in Oblivion and shes also the best follower in Skyrim. The creator of these has also made followers for Fallout and done voices for them as well. he Fallout vegas we were given willow who was an amazing follower who also had her own story etc etc. Now in Skyrim we have vilja

Whats best about vilja is if you dont like how she looks you can just change her facial appearance via the other face texture mods

there are much better followers out there rather than lydia. the three i always have in my team are Cerdwin, Vijla and Serana.

Cerdwin- Cause she is the best healer follower on the nexus.Vijla- Cause she is just awsome. that and she makes a good all-rounded fighter.Srana- Cause every team need's it's sexy vampire mascot, lol. xD

In all honesty, all followers are good but most have low level limits and youre followers will stop leveling with you usually around LV 45-60. might i sugest someone post a follower level uncap mod below this post? :P

mjoll has the best voice of the followers , i never use her cause i dont want her to get hurt , (i think i love her (well at least her voice ) , and not in a weird anime internet stalking kinda way , hmm, is it possible to stalk a char from a game?

mjoll has the best voice of the followers , i never use her cause i dont want her to get hurt , (i think i love her (well at least her voice ) , and not in a weird anime internet stalking kinda way , hmm, is it possible to stalk a char from a game?

yeah, stalk them in thier every day, in-game lives. i know master dan does it to all the NPC's. <.<

mjoll has the best voice of the followers , i never use her cause i dont want her to get hurt , (i think i love her (well at least her voice ) , and not in a weird anime internet stalking kinda way , hmm, is it possible to stalk a char from a game?

yeah, stalk them in thier every day, in-game lives. i know master dan does it to all the NPC's. <.<

i saw dan's pic of his char stalking the cute smithing gal in white run